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Published on: June 20, 2018
[Expression and implication of Pgp, MRP, LRP, GST-pi, Topo II alpha in tongue squamous cell carcinoma]
Wei-dong Leng1, Da-zhang Wang, Ge Feng
1Key Lab. of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Objective:
To explore the correlation of chemotherapy efficacy in tongue squamous cell carcinoma(SCC) with expression level of P-glycoprotein(Pgp), multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP), lung resistance-related protein (LRP), glutathiones-tranferase (GST-pi), DNA topo-isomerase II alpha (Topo II alpha).
Methods:
The expression patterns of Pgp, MRP, LRP, GST-pi and Topo II alpha in 40 patients (pre and post-chemotherapy, respectively) with tongue SCC were examined by immunohistochemically labelled streptavidin bioein method (LsAB).
Results:
The expression ratios of Pgp, MRP, LRP, GST-pi and Topo II alpha in pre-chemotherapy cases were 47.5%, 50%, 35%, 45%, 82.5%, respectively. No relations between expression of Pgp, MRP, LRP, GST-pi, Topo II alpha and clinic indexes were established (P > 0.05). Expression ratios of Pgp, MRP in post-chemotherapy cases were higher than that in pre-chemotherapy cases (P < 0.05). Expression of Pgp and MRP showed relevance with drug resistance (P < 0.05). The co-expression was common, the ratios of co-expression of Pgp, MRP, GST-pi and MRP, GST-pi in chemotherapy non-responders were 40% and 50%, respectively, but 0 in responders.
Conclusion:
The intrinsic multidrug resistance of tongue SCC is relevant to the effects of Pgp, MRP, GST-pi.
